January 27, 2014

Being sympathetic to Flying Rodent on Ben Gidley's Bob from Brockley blog I attempted a comment not that long ago. I signed it off with my usual Levi9909 but as far as the tech goes it was anonymous. Well it got deleted within minutes of appearing. I'm just posting it here so I can draw this Flying Rodent's attention to it on Twitter:

Anonymous said...

Flying Rodent - I think you may have been a bit too specific
about the spelling of "as a Jew". Norm railed against these types all
the time as do a whole ragbag of racists around here, HP and Engage, but
Norm only employed the "zz" spelling and the "pet" prefix once. Sadly
Bob here too likes to be precise, especially when it helps him duck and
dodge his way around a critical comment about his condemnation of
Israel's opponents. When he relaxes the precision he can "verbal up"
like the old bill on the case of an Irishman/woman back in the day but
you were precise so he repaid in kind.

You also missed Bob's
presumptiousness about the lack of Jewishness of Israel's Jewish
detractors. Apparently Israel's Jewish supporters do (or have) a lot
more Jewish stuff than Israel's Jewish detractors. And what stuff might
that be? Well you'll just have to ask Bob if you can stand the
inevitable twists and turns. I think he means that supporting Israel is
more Jewish than opposing Israel but it would be uncharacteristically
honest for Bob to admit he meant that.

And don't miss either
Bob's assertion that ""AsaJews"...claim their position is *the*
authentically Jewish one." The definite article is vital here. These
people are usurpers. They are not saying that they are as Jewish as the
next Jew. No, they are saying they are more Jewish than Hirsh, Geras,
Garrard, and Uncle Bob Brockley and all. Except of course, they aren't
and Bob has already claimed that mantle for his brand of authenticity.
They are actually a mixed bag altogether. You were right that some, not
all, use their Jewish identity to bat away the bogus allegation of
anti-Jewish racism. Some want to reclaim the Jewish identity from racist
war criminals and their supporters. Some want to show solidarity with
non-Jews falsely accused of racism for supporting the Palestinian cause
and some want Palestinians to see Jews through a lens other than the
barrel of a supremacist's gun. And there are still others, too numerous
and varied to categorise. But for Bob, there is only one and it's a bad
one.

Anyway, you've already been subjected to the old one two.
One being the false allegation of antisemitism, two being the accusation
of trolling. But then there's three and four, three being Bob's
pretence at accuracy and four you being banned for one and two unless
you stay away for a while which I think you might do without being told.

Levi9909

Actually the fact that the comment has now been deleted suggests that my points three and four, indeed, one, two, three and four were all quite accurate.

UPDATE: He's now reinstated my comment and replied to a tweet I sent but what a dodgy character.

@jewssf I did not delete that comment. It's probably in the moderation queue. But if you harass me I will delete stuff
— Bob From Brockley (@bobfrombrockley) January 27, 2014

But to be honest I'd rather get a reply from Ben Gidley about his alter-ego's plan to write about "the long-harassment of one Ronnie Fraser in UCU, a trade union." The "trade union" is actually his own trade union, you know, the one that some of his comrades left and at least one joined simply to attack it.